The Stephens County High School junior varsity baseball team is now 5-1 on the season. The JV baseball Indians defeated Clarke Central Tuesday 20-4 in four innings. They are back in action today at Jackson County at 5:55 p.m. The varsity Indian baseball team also returns to action later today. The Indians will travel...
The Habersham and Hart County school districts are among 25 honored by the state for supporting their local economies and increasing the amount of local food they serve to their students through “Farm to School” programs. State officials honored these 25 Georgia school districts for taking the “5 Million Meals Challenge” and pledging to...
Hang on to your hat, it looks like a windy morning in Stephens County. Since midnight, downtown Toccoa has recorded a high wind gust of 29 miles per hour. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Stephens County. That wind advisory will remain in effect through midnight tonight as the forecast...
Area school officials are reacting to federal cuts in education funding resulting from the “sequester” that went into place last week. One of the areas cut as part of the federal “sequester” was federal education funding to local school systems. Stephens County School Superintendent Sherrie Whiten said that the school system worked to avoid...
The Stephens County School System will hold kindergarten registration next month. According to an announcement from the Stephens County School System, kindergarten registration will be held at each elementary school on both April 11 and April 12. On April 11, kindergarten registration will run from 4 to 6 p.m. On April 12, it will...
Spring is but a few weeks away, and Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful is starting its annual “spring cleaning” effort. The organization said this year’s Great American Cleanup is underway in Toccoa and Stephens County. Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful Executive Director Linda Scofield said that the local effort is part of the nationwide campaign organized...
